Drawers for women.



c. H. LEWY. DRAWERS FOR'WOMEN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

1,-G63,362 Patented June 3, 1913.

UNITED sTaTns PATENT opriep;

DRAWERS Foa WOMEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented June 3, 1912i.

Application filed September 27, 1912. Serial N 0,722,624.

To all fwhom may concern:

Be it known thatI, CHARLES H. Lnwi, a citizen o-f the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawers for Women; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the ac- 4eompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form avpart of this specification.

This invention relates to underdrawersfor women and consists of thematterslhereinafter described and more particularly point- .ed out inthe appended claim.

largely owing -to the waist line and while overlapping provided atthe.slit to normally omens drawers as now commonly made :are slit at thecrotch and are'norm'ally open for the wearers convenience in performingthe natural excretal functions. This slit runs up the seat of thedrawers toward the flaps are close the slit opening in the seat, theresult is far from satisfactory, thevmost delicate parts of .the bodybeing left exposed. Efforts have been madeA to provide under-drawerswhich are normally closed and which may be unfastened to open them forthe purpose mentioned but thesehave been` unsuccessful,

fact that the underdrawers lie next to the body with the waist bandunderneath the corset and the usual provisions to that end are notreadily reached for detachment.

The object of the present invention is to provide practicableunderdrawers for women y which are normally closed so that all parts ofthe body are protected but which may be easily and fully opened whenrequired for any purpose without disarranging the .clothing-anymore thanis necessary in lifting the skirts.

In the drawings Figure 1 1s a view representing my improved drawers inrear eleva-y tion ,as they appear when fully open. 'Fig 2 is a like viewshowing them partially closed.

Fig.` 3 is a rear elevation showing the l drawers as they appear whenentirely' closed.

Ieferring now to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in thedrawings, A- indicates the drawers, a, a, 'the legs of the sameseparatefrom and distinct from the shirt or may be made in one piece withtheshirt as in the familiar union suit.

C, indicates the seat of the drawers which 1s made 1n two parts c, c,which are joined together at D,'a point at or near the waist line. Saidseat .parts have marginal flaps c1 01 which overlap above the crotch Eof `the drawers but diverge toward the inside leg lines e, e, as toleave a gap or opening at that point. The overlapping marginal flaps ofthe seat members are provided with any suitable or convenient means fordetachably connecting them together and as shown one has a but placedbutton f. These are preferably so located above the crotch. that theywill not interfere with the wearers comfort when seated. In the' crotchE, which is preferably made wide for the. purpose, there is attached toor made integral with the front of the drawers a third Hap G whichl isadapted to fold backwardly between the drawer legs and upwardly againstthe overlapping flaps ofthe seat. Said lap G is sufficiently-broad atits base g to fully protect the parts of the body which it covers andpreferably tapers .in breadth toward its end g1. The Hap G drawer-legsas illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and when in closed position isdetachably connected-to the seat, preferably' by means of thesamebut-ton f that att-aches the seat fiaps 01 o1 together," a buttonhole g2 being formed near the end g1 of the Hap G.

My improved drawers are normally as shown in Fig. 3 with the seat flapsoverlapped a-nd buttoned Hap -buttoned to them. All parts of the bodyare, apparently fully protected when the flaps are buttoned.

unbuttoned 'and allowed to drop down as shown in Fig. 2 when it may beeasily grasped anddrawn forward from between thevlegs, thereby fullyopening the drawers at the crotch. Vhen a larger opening is desired theoverlapping seat flaps c1 c1 may be likewise unfastened and laid or`folded back as shown inl Fig. 1.

for Women will be at once apparent to those lace where the familiar withthe art.. The flaps are fastened and the aps themselves are easilygotten at toY be unfastened and ton hole F and the other acorrespondingly .together and the third.

When necessary for any' v purpose to open thel drawers the flap G is Theadvantages of my improved drawers i when detached, hangs down betweenthe 'opcned with .no more inconvenience to the wearer tbanthat attendantupon the Vuse of the common split. drawers hereinbeore rei ment, andextending rearwardly and up-l wardly, the same being adapted to overliesaid overlapping flaps, and means for detach ably connecting said threeaps together.

In testimony that I cla-im` the foregoing as my invention -I afiixl mysignature in the presence of two witnesses, tvhis-24fth day of SeptemberA. D. 1912.

- CHARLES H. LEWY.-

. Vitnesses:

F. I-I. ALFREDS, KARL W. DOLL.

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